Many thanks for all the doc updates. On 7/6/26 22:06, James Youngman wrote:
diff --git a/xargs/xargs.1 b/xargs/xargs.1 index 9f750c43..b7111c19 100644 --- a/xargs/xargs.1 +++ b/xargs/xargs.1 @@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ If neither nor .B \-e is used, no end-of-file string is used. +Other implementations of +.B xargs +may have a default logical end-of-file string, so if you want to +portably ensure that no logical end-of-file string is in use, use +.B \-E ""
man swallows the "" as an empty second argumment to .B syntax. I propose using the following instead: .B \-E \*(lq\*(rq
+to disable the logical end-of-file string. +See also STANDARDS CONFORMANCE. . .TP .\" We use font selection escape sequences here because usage of `\c` in
Thanks & have a nice day, Berny
